Sintered Alpha Silicon Carbide Pump Bearings - Tribological Materials Optimization To Improve Reliability
Abstract
The material properties of sintered silicon carbide, such as universal corrosion resistance, hardness, strength, and thermal conductivity, offer a great potential as sealless pump bearings and mechanical seal faces. In order to exploit the positive properties of pure silicon carbide, one also has to deal with its most negative property, brittleness. The brittleness requires knowledgeable ceramic design combined with appropriate material properties as the necessary requirements for reliable performance of a ceramic component. Both materials properties and design features are discussed with regard to the successful application of sintered silicon carbide as sealless pump bearings.
Description
Lecturepg. 63
Subject
Pumping machineryCollections
Citation
Knoch, Heinrich; Kracker, Josef; Long, William D. (1993). Sintered Alpha Silicon Carbide Pump Bearings - Tribological Materials Optimization To Improve Reliability. Turbomachinery Laboratories, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /164216.